With your help, my goal is to spend this summer gathering up to 100,000 petitions in support of Constitutional Carry to deliver to our General Assembly as soon as they go back into session!

If passed, the Iowa Constitutional Carry Bill would restore the right of every law-abiding Iowa citizen to carry a gun to protect themselves and their families — WITHOUT going through a bunch of bureaucratic rigmarole!

That means no more expensive application fees, endless paperwork or adding your name to a government database — just to exercise your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

In short, if you’re legally able to own a firearm, you’re legally able to carry it. Period.

This is the way it’s been done in Vermont, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona and Wyoming for some time.

And just in the past two years, Constitutional Carry has passed in Kansas, Maine, Idaho, Mississippi, neighboring Missouri, North Dakota, New Hampshire and West Virginia.

In Maine, it passed with a Democratic State Senate. In Missouri and West Virginia, it passed with a Democratic Governor.

So why can’t it happen here with GOP control of Des Moines?

The answer is, it CAN — with your support today.

You see, despite the hand-wringing of nanny-staters like BILLIONAIRE anti-gun activist Michael Bloomberg, none of the states with Constitutional Carry are plagued with vigilante justice or Old West style shootouts.

That should be no surprise. Just the threat of running into someone who is armed is enough to convince many career criminals to think twice.

That’s a big reason why statistic after statistic proves that guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens means less crime.

In fact, according to a recent FBI “Crime in the United States” report, gun sales have hit record highs in recent years, while violent crime has dropped dramatically!

And a study commissioned by the Obama White House — which was supposed to help generate momentum for gun control — found that firearms are used in defensive cases up to three million times per year!

That study also found that those who have a firearm are less likely to be injured in a criminal attack than those who depend on a thug’s good will.

Yet, there are plenty of politicians in BOTH parties who talk a good game on the campaign trail . . .

But as soon as the legislature goes back into session, they work to stop pro-gun bills from even coming up for a vote.

Sometimes, they work behind the scenes to try to water the bills down, fearing the liberal media’s backlash.

The good news is, with the majorities in Des Moines today, your pressure could be the final ingredient we need to make Constitutional Carry a reality.

P.S. If passed, the Iowa Constitutional Carry Bill would restore the right of every law-abiding citizen to carry a gun to protect themselves and their families — WITHOUT adding their name to a government database!

I believe we can make Constitutional Carry a reality in Iowa. But it won’t happen without you.

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